PLATTEVILLE, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh Men's basketball team traveled to Platteville on Saturday night (Jan. 11) to take on the No. 1 nationally ranked team, the UW-Platteville Pioneers. The Titans led through the halfway mark of the first half, however they lost to the Pioneers by a score of 79-64.
 
Oshkosh shot the ball well from 3-point land hitting 8-of-24 (33.3 percent) to the Pioneers' 6-of-21 (28.6 percent). The Titan bench also contributed 17 points to Platteville's 14 bench points.
 
Guard Joey LaChapell (Fr. • Appleton) erupted for a season high 30 points, while also going a perfect 11-of-11 from the charity stripe. LaChapell also added three rebounds and four assists to go along with his extremely efficient 8-of-16 (50 percent) shooting from the field. Reed Seckar (Jr. • Oshkosh) scored 13 points with five boards and two assists off the bench for the Titans. Jonah Rindfleisch (Sr. • Milwaukee) and Tristan Johanknecht (So. • Oshkosh) led UW-Oshkosh with five rebounds each.
 
The first seven minutes of Saturday night's contest saw the team trading buckets and Oshkosh gaining the lead at 13-9 with 13:19 remaining in the half. Over the following five minutes, Platteville produced an 13-6 run to gain a 23-19 lead with just under eight minutes left. The Pioneers then closed out the half with an 11-3 run to head to halftime with a 12-point lead over the Titans at 34-22.
 
Both teams played opening the second half, even by each scoring 10 by the fourth minute of the period. The score sat at 44-32 in the Pioneers' favor. Oshkosh then went on an 11-8 run to climb within nine points of the Pioneers at 52-43 with 11:23 to go. Over the next four minutes, Platteville regrew its edge with an 11-6 run, keeping them ahead 63-49. The Titans were outscored by just one 3-point basket in the second half but couldn't overcome the deficit for a final score of 79-64.
 
UW-Oshkosh is scheduled to take on the UW-Whitewater Warhawks for another WIAC matchup at home on Wednesday (Jan. 15) at 7 p.m.